Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Individual Mandate and the US Citizen


Guardian: Reports the following on Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kennedy, “ two supreme court justices thought likely to cast the deciding votes,….appeared deeply sceptical .. ”. It should be noted that Justice Kennedy was appointed by President Reagan and Chief Justice Roberts by Bush 43. The Democrats and the Republicans will be on tender hooks to see which way the Court goes, its to early yet folks to make a prediction, lets see what tomorrow brings, can the indicial mandate be separated from the rest of ObamaCare.
 

Is ObamaCare in Danger ? - US Supreme Court


Telegraph: Reports that the legal commentators in the US think that ObamaCare could be trouble due to the negative views of the 5 Conservative appointed Justices when it comes to ObamaCare. Lets not jump the gun here folks, the Justices might be asking these tough questions as to gain answers that will allow them to pass ObamaCare. On the other hand ObamaCare just might be a dodo. This importance of this case ranks with Bush vs. Gore, it could decide the future of the US health system and the Obama Presidency.

Individual Mandate and ObamaCare


BBC News: Reports that the Conservative appointed Justices seems sceptical of the Individual Mandate, in essence if your are born in the US you have to buy private insurance. It can be postulated that the Court might revoke the Individual Mandate but keep the rest of ObamaCare. The problem with that is that the mandate funds the other part of the Act. On the last day the Court will look if these two aspects can be separated. In pure political terms, in Chicago terms it might be good for the Oval if the Court does strike down ObamaCare, then the issue is off the table, if not it become the central issue of 2012 the race. This blog has some late night reading to see if it can read the mind of the Justices.

ObamaCare on Trial - 2nd Day ( PDF File )


It’s the second day of the US Supreme Court hearings in to ObamaCare. Read the Transcript folks. Today the Supremes looked at the Individual mandate. See if you can read the mind of the Supremes via the Transcript. It is a PDF file and 133 Pages.